Ezekiel 15
The Lord compares the people of Jerusalem to a vine branch, useless for any purpose, and even more so after being burned by fire. Just as the vine branch is consumed by fire, the Lord will deliver the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be devoured by fire. The Lord will set His face against them, and they will be consumed by fire, leaving their land desolate and impassable. This is a result of their transgressions against the Lord.
1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying2"Son of man, what can be made from the stalk of a vine, compared to all the plants of the woods that are among the trees of the forests3Can any wood be taken from it, so that it may be made into a work, or formed into a peg so as to hang some kind of vessel upon it4Behold, it is used in the fire as fuel. The fire consumes both its ends; and its middle is reduced to ashes. So how can it be useful for any work5Even when it was whole, it was unsuitable for a work. How much more so, when fire has devoured it and burned it up, will nothing of it be useful6Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Like the stalk of the vine among the trees of the forests, which I have given to be devoured by fire, so will I deliver the inhabitants of Jerusalem7And I will set my face against them. They will go away from fire, and yet fire will consume them. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have set my face against them8and when I will have made their land impassable and desolate. For they have stood forth as transgressors, says the Lord God.
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